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PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903.

J. H. HILL. LANTBRN.

APPLIQATION FILED PEB. 19, 1 902.

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' UNITED; STATI-3s JAMES H. HILL, OF ROCHESTER, NEWT YORK, ASSIGNOR TO DEFIANCE LANTERN it STAMPING COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO, CANADA.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters'llatent No. 717,680, datedd'amiary 6, 1903. Application filed February I9, 19h72. Serial No.94,7'7. iNo model.)

.To all whom it 1v1/nay concern;

Beit known that I, JAMES H. HILL, a citizenof the Dominion of Canada, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Lanterns, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the acments in the construction of tulmlarlanterns,,

which improvements are fully described and illustrated inthe following specication and the accompanying drawings, the novel. features thereof being specified in the claims annexed to the said specification.

In the accompanying drawings, representing a lantern embodying my improvements, Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. l, showing the parts below that line. modification.

My invention relates to improvements in theconstruction ofthe side-wire attachments of tubular lanterns, whereby the globe is automatically locked in both its depressed and elevated'positions in a` simple and eiiicient manner.

In the accompanying drawings, A-represents the oil-reservoir; B, the burner; C C', the side tubes; D, the globe; E, the canopy, and F the vertical air-tube on which the canrIhe up and down movements of the globe and canopy are indicated by the full and dotted lines in'Fig. l. These parts are of any usual or preferred construction. The side wires H H connect the canopy and the perforated plate or globe-rest I at the bottom of the globe. A spring-clip J encircles the `top of the globe, being secured to the canopy on one side and provided on the other with an outwardly-turnedprojection L, by which the globe is inserted or removed. The side wires are attached to the canopy and the globe-rest in any suitable or preferred way, being bent inward at their lower ends, as indicated at K,-to connect with the globe-rest. The side wires are bent outward and again inward, forming outwardly-projecting bows N N", Fig. 1 The guard P is fastened to the Figs. 3 and et represent a oil-reservoir"V or air-chamber M, and extending upward encircles the globe and is pro- Avided with springs or yielding portions R R', whichengage with the outer sides of the bows N N' and serve to lock the globe up or down. Thesprings R vR yield outward over the con- Vex-sides yot" the bows when the globe is raised or lowered, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig.,1, and engage with either., of the ends of the curved portions of the bows, so as to hold the globe in the elevated or depressed positions with sufticientresistance to sustain Ythe globe during the operations of lighting, trimming the wick, tbc., and also to secure the globe in place on the rest when the lantern is in use. The resistance to motion up or down is rot so great but that it may be overcome by the application of a moderate degree of force, `a thumb-piece T being soldered on the globerest for this purpose, if desired. At the same time the side wires and the globe are guided vin their movements by the springs R R', since lthey encircle the outer sides of the bows, as 4shown in Fig. 2. In the construction shown 'the guard consists of two similar halves, each including one of the'uprights U-on each side of the globe, the circle or guard proper, P, and the'springs R R', the uprights being secured together at their upper ends by a clip V; but any other suitable form of construction may be adopted.

The springs themselves may be rigid, the requisite elasticity being secured by the ring P. The combination of the springs and guard with the bowed side wires affords a simple and durable construction by which the globe is not only guided in its up and down movements, but is also yheld in either the elevated or depressed positions and protected from acy opposite su rfaees of the side Wires, as and for the purposes sei', forth.

3. The combination, in a tubular lantern, of the outwardly bowed side wires, and the guard for the globe,eaeh comprising an upright, a curved portion and a yielding guide for the side wire, as and for the purposes set; zo

forth.

JAMES H. HILL.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. SELDEN, GEO. W. CLARKE. 

